I'd like to share with you some of my favourite movie scenes of all time.
1. Now Duets is an awful movie on so many levels (the main reason being Gwyneth Paltrow). However, there is one scene that makes it worth watching, even if you press the mute button for the other hour and 26 minutes. It is the scene where Paul Giamatti and Andre Brauer do their awesome karaoke rendition of Try A Little Tenderness (although Andre Brauer's vocals were done by Arnold McCuller apparently). It is the best karaoke scene ever and the song version ALMOST rivals The Commitments. Who would have thought that Paul Giamatti could sing that well? Actually, he was the best thing about that movie, although he kinda lowered himself to it when we've seen what he can do in movies like Sideways.
2. One of the funniest movies and underrated comedies (which kicks ASS over Zoolander) is Mystery Men. It has an awesome cast with people like William H Macy, Janeane Garofalo, Hank Azaria and Greg Kinnear (aside from Ben Stiller who just plain irritates me sometimes) and a quirky plot straight out of sketch drama. My favourite scene is when the Mystery Men attack the Casanova Frankenstein, the nemesis' car and the Blue Raja scratches the paintwork with forks. When I first saw this, myself and Andrew McHappy laughed hysterically whilst everyone else stared at us in disbelief. I'm glad someone else saw the humour in that movie. :) And the best line is when the Invisible Boy finally reveals his powers and is standing naked, Janeane Garofalo says 'Maybe you should put some shorts on or something if we're gonna continue to fight evil today....'. He he.... DOWN WITH PANTS!
3. There are so many great scenes in This is Spinal Tap but three stand out: The first is the scene where the boys are talking about their past band members choking on vomit (or in one case, on someone ELSE'S vomit) and one who died in a bizarre gardening accident...! The second is the amplifier that goes to 11 (everyone remembers that one!) but the one that does it for me is the scene where they are performing Stonehenge on the stage but the styrofoam Stonehenge set is only half sized so they have to use dwarves to dance around them. It's hilarious!!
4. Best fight scene ever!!!! Bridget Jones's Diary: the scene where Colin Firth and Hugh Grant fight in the street. There is nothing funnier than two prim and proper English men girly slap each other and try and kick each other in suits. That's my kind of fight!!! They tried to rehash it in the sequel for tried and true laughs but the original just cracked me up.
5. The accolades for the best ending, I think, has to go to The Life Of Brian. There was something so wacky about a bunch of blokes singing whilst nailed to crosses that it goes down in history as one of the most memorable scenes ("I'm Brian, and so is my wife!"). And making it even more funny is the fact that the song is sung by Eric Idle who has one of the funniest voices ever to grace the screen. The song reminds me of Don Harvie (RIP) so it has a particular poignancy about it.
Part 2 of this movie scene extravaganza to come.....
